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Home My WebLink AboutReg Mtg. Minutes- 2/2/1948118 2 MINUTES of a regular meeting.of the Village Board held on Monday, Feb. 2, 1948, at 7:30 P.M. at the home of Mayor Kenerson, 102 Iroquois Place. PRESENT: C. J. Kenerson, Mayor H. J. Shirey; Trustee C. I. Bayles, Trustee L. C. Kent, Trustee W., S: Randel, Trustee C. H. Guise, Treasurer . Carl Crandall;;Engineer," 1. The ,minutes' of the meeting.of,Jan. 5th „w,ere read and approved. 2. IT WAS VOTED, 'that: the. Trustees go.into,a 'committee -of -the- whole to make up the :budget, for the year`1948 49.° 3. IT WAS VOTED that the committee -of- the -whole adjourn to. , sit again as_a.Board .. of: Trustees. 4. IT WAS VOTED RESOLVED, that the tentative budget,in :the amount of•031,670.as submitted by:the committee-of-the-whole to the Village Board and attached to. these minutes be accepted., by the Board and recommended to the residents of the Village for discussion. 5. The.following bills paid on authority of•the:-Mayor weret. approved: GENERAL Albert Force,' Collector 4.81 HEALTH Dr. H. H. Crum SANITATION W..D; Lyme H. T. Stevens HIGHWAYS C. J. Rumsey & Co. Cayuga Rock Salt Co., W. D. Lyme N. Y. State Else. &.Gas Jan. •lights McKinney Agency Charles.Collins -50.00 46.05 4'.65 r :.. 4.70 . 0 6. The following additional bills were' approv ed for,, payment: GENERAL Mack's Photo Copies 3.24 HIGHWAYS Cornell•University - Cindere 8.00 Cayuga Rook Salt Co. 7. The Treasurer reported a. balance on Jan 31st ef45,682 and stated that all :'outstanding:;taxes had now: been collected. 8_. Police,Commissioner Crandall _reported'the attempted theft of,a Village,.e,treet,sign,by, three University,studenis,:etating that Prof Curtie..had happened bo be:in the 'vicinity, at•the time and had reported the" car 'licenee.•number thue'`leading to'the apprehension.of -the students'. involved. Police Justice;Shirey reported that.the.'students were:brought' before him and'had pled guilty.. Although this crime..conetitues a` misdemeanor, ..:since the boys were.under.19 they were treated as youthful:,offenders, and ' Justice.•Shirey fined.each'of them $25 with suspended sentence after receiving Erom,them written confessions. Justice,•Shirey then wrote a letter to President Day outlining `.the. offenee, in which.he stated that the students said they were.being initiated by the.; Alpha Epsilon Phi Fraternity and had been instructed by said.fraternity to bring in ,a Village street sign as part of their initiation duties. Justice.Shirey read the responee,to his7, letter in.which President Day stated that the fraternity had violated a University rule` in attempting to ccnduct.part of their initiation program outside the ,club house The matter, he .said, was :brought before the_ Interfraternity,Counc""il who''fined: the t fraternity 0100. The Clerk was instructed to write.'-a letter.,- to Prof. Curtis telling him the Village has been annoyed for "some:. time by the theft of street signs and that the Board appreciates his assistance in the apprehension of the offenders, telling him j . g 1.8.4 that tbLe ;Village Board had been able;.to;,get at•the :source ,of .' the trouble.which lay with,`the fraternity which had been fined 0100 by thez Interfraternity Council for the breaking of a'- , University,rule•. Police`Commlesioner,Crandall= reported that Officer vanZile,. had been requested by Mrs, Sinith to issue a`warrant for th'e arrest of a maik for,.the .theft of . a dress, that: Officer Vanzile had refused to. issue same because of lack of evidence; and that. r since that time. the .dress had been. found•;at the cleaner's 9. . "'trustee Saylea led.'the:discussion regarding, 'the.. . „ . _..;, advisability of install iris i stop "sign at the :Intersection of Kline Road.and.Cayuga Heights;Road,:and Trustee-Shirey asked about the possibility. of removing the 'stop sign now exieiing at the intersection of Upland•Road and Hanshaw Road at Cayuga Circle. He pointed out that when the roads are slippery it.: , is almost impossible to start :a car.: after stopping.for..the:. " stop sign when'headed east. Engine er "Crandall stated that.the stop sign at Cayuga Circle had been installed,as a`eafsty' precaution since this intersection is close to the school. No action was.taken. 10. The Clerk's report was given by the Secretary, ."who, stated that fire.insurance in the amount of1,000:had been taken out on the Village tool shed and that the public liability,insurance on the truck had ,been increased,to 50/100;000 as authorized at the last, meeting.: 11. Mayor Kenerson was auth'orized',to appoint a :nominating " committee of three persons to make nominations for' -a mayor and , two trustees in place of Mayor Kenerson and Trustees'Shirey, and Bayles whose terms expire. The iMayor appointed Dr A'.:W. 185 Crowly as Chairman with Prof: Ralph Curtis and Prof. A. E. Sutherland. la. IT WAS VOTED RESOLVED: That according to the provisions of Section 52 of the Village Law of the State of New York a Village election will be held on March 16, 1948 at the schoolhouse in the Village of Cayuga Heights, the polls to be.open between 4:00 P.M. and 8 :00 P.M., at which time a mayor and two trustees will'be elected in place of Mayor Kenerson and Trustees Shirey and Sayles whose terms expire. The Clerk was directed to cause a notice to be inserted in the Ithaca_Journal at least ten days prior_to the, election with regard to the time and place of the election and the offices to be filled, and to post a copy.of the said notice in at "least six" ".conspicuous public places "in the.-Village giving' 'the' same inform ation 13.. IT WAS VOTED that the,'annual I meeting of .'the residents of the .Village to „make nominations for mayor and trustees and to consider'.the.tentative budget :for 1948 -49 be held on March 15th at 8 R.M. in the schoolhouse. e14. IT WAS VOTED that the next meeting of the Village-Board be held on March 15th at 7 P.M. in the schoolhouse. 15: IT WAS VOTED RESOLVED: That. in accordance with Section 102 of the Village Law the Treasurer be instructed.to publish and post his annual report or a summary thereof at least one week prior to the annual election. 16. IT WAS VOTED that Paul Bradford.be appointed auditor. of the 1947 -48 Village records. 17. IT.WAS "VOTED RESOLVED :.That in accordance with Section 101 -b of the Village Law those appropriations showing overdrafts be financed by transfers from unexpended .balances , of-other appropriations as set .up in. the, budget 18. Upon receiving the account of unpaid taxes from the Treasurer,.comparing it with the, original tax, roll. of"the Village and finding it to be.a true transcript thereof,, the Board.of I.: i community spirit ,.,plus,a possible increase in 'insurance rates if our.proposed fire district doee.not meet the underwriters' ' approval.. It WAS VOTED that tTrdstee Randellareport.,be received "with appreciation, it.be.ing'decided that:the'Board would {give further , thought to;,,the.question; and bring it up before he Village at;ahe: meeting on March•15th for consideration '' ,` � The Clerk was requestedto"publicize.the date of .the meeting together with a statemefit that the reporttof the Fire District ,5'iaYiky r f .committee would be presented_at that,,,, met., Trustee Rsndel stated that before that date it`wae the ' intention.of the committee to make. :,,every;ieffort'to get from the.' City officials a formula for arriving at'the Village fire protection contract price;; so• that. the Village would "be able to:plan on: future ' costs The'committee, planned to ask Mayor BakerA o appoint' a1 committee with whom.they.could discuss. future .plane:of.the.City:':regarding Village.fire protection, such committeerto consist of Joe ,Barr, Ralph Smith and Hugh Slocum preferably: 20:,,Trustee Shirey reported he receipt;'from Elizabeth